Category Archives: Studio Diary

Back from Lyon with David’s drum tracks on my hard drive. It was a great recording session though very intensive. Actually, it seems that we had a lot more to do than for the first album. We both feel that … Continue reading →

Drum recordings will start on Saturday. I’m leaving Paris à 6am for Lyon where I’ll record David at his rehearsal room. Unlike Spleen Arcana’s first album, this time David will play on his own drumkit, a Tama Starclassic, which is … Continue reading →

I received yesterday a distortion unit I wanted to try for a long time, a MXR Distortion +. It’s a vintage model, according to its serial number, from 1979. So it’s the second “block” logo version. You can find a … Continue reading →

The last weeks, I spent a lot of time searching for a new guitar lead sound. Now I only use my Supa Fuzz replica made by Lumpy’s Tone Shop which is a great warm and full vintage fuzz. I don’t … Continue reading →

Not many updates here at the moment but the recording of Spleen Arcana’s second album (which still remains untitled) is going well. I’m working on bass and guitar parts while David is working on his drum parts. He sent me … Continue reading →

As you can see in the video above, I’m currently recording bass for the second song of the album (heavily using my deluxe VT Bass). I think I can tell that I finished the bass lines of this song yesterday. … Continue reading →

Back in Paris. Vocal recordings went quite well. As you can see in the pics above, I recorded some bodhran beats for the final song of the album which talks about a country I truly love (easy to find…). So … Continue reading →

Arrived yesterday and I setted up the rig. Tried to record some lines. Everything works well but I need to find the best sound for the songs. Lot of work ahead! Stay tuned…